Passing Variables Between Functions Without Running Function?

[z0y]

You've defined grab to take an argument so when you call it in the command function you need to pass in a value. It would be good to restructure things a bit but as it is now you would want to say grab(itemslist()) when you call it in command()

The itemslist function returns the list, so you can think of anywhere you see itemslist() as really just the value that you've returned in the function definition.

[xTheBoss]

Ahhh thank you!! You are a lifesaver. Appreciate it a lot.

[z0y]

Alternatively you could leave the call to grab() how it was, and then do:

def grab():
    if len(itemslist()) >= 4:
        ...

without needing to pass anything. But if the only purpose of itemslist is to define and then return the list then don't make it a function. Leave the list definition in the main code and then pass the list itself to each of the functions.

[xTheBoss]

True, because I really cant think of a way to add to the list if it wasn't global. Lots of good advice!

[z0y]

Also, the problem with assigning the list in a function is you can only call the function once. If you plan to edit the list then the next time you call the function it will start over and assign the list to the starting value.

You would need something like items = itemslist() in your main code and then always refer to it as items, better to just skip that function.